When the price had broken 10 million, it reached the limit and the rapid increase stagnated.
The first one to break the trend among the silent group was Austin, from the moment he sat up, the tension in the air rose to palpable levels.
James pushed aside the beauty mercilessly and the greasiness in his eyes was replaced by a calculating indifference. Anyone who could reach this position was not without caution and cruelty, no matter how licentious his external image was, in the face of benefits, women and sex would not matter.
The genuine vigour of these powerful groups was displayed at this moment, the second they stepped in, the playing field was raised to an even higher level. Those smaller groups were forced off stage and could no longer interfere in this fight.
Selwynn put the glass of red wine down slowly, the expensive wine glass made a sharp clink as it fell onto the wooden table.
His face could not be seen clearly under the darkness but the atmosphere that rapidly spread around him was domineering and bloodthirsty, the gold cufflinks glinted and reflected the darkness in his grey eyes.
This life should be different.
At that time despite not participating in the auction, he did receive reports in the hospital that the final transaction price was 25 million, and the whole section was about 100 million.
This land was eventually won by Austin and his organization was later said to have completely controlled the coastal trade of the Northern side of Nowergia within ten years. He could imagine the conceivable benefits
Considering the current open secret of his bottom line, if he wanted to purchase this land he could only fall into a capital shortage by forking out a large amount of money. However, hundreds of millions of working capital would then become fixed assets that would only be effective in ten years.
"..."
Cate anxiously glanced at his boss from his peripheral vision, he really could not make out his thoughts from his expression and he did not dare interrupt him.
From the moment he rescued him from the siege in norwegia, the silent oppressive pressure around Selwynn only seemed to grow thicker, weighing against his heart until it was hard to even breathe.
He had been with Selwynn for three years but a lot of the time he still could not figure out his true thoughts.
Cate did not wait for his boss to speak up but heard Austin across the room be the first to raise the placard.
"Conant group, 15 million."
This was a signal.
"Bellevue group 16 million,"
"Boss."
Selwynns cold gaze was narrowed and he slowly raised his placard.
"25 million, Arlington."
There was an immediate uproar.
This was the average transaction price in the previous life, the moment he stepped on stage he increased the price by 10 million.
Almost instantly all sorts of piercing stares bore towards this remote corner. There was a burst of muted whispers and strange examination in their eyes.
This confirmed Cate's conjecture. Many of these participants knew their leaked bidding price and were waiting to see their jokes. Their all had their channels and they had heard of the turmoil in Arlington last night despite the strict blockade.
It was really a surprise to see Selwynn at the auction tonight.
"I thought that Arlington could only afford 30 million this time, why is he so courageous, increasing the price so much all at once."
"Selwynn can't afford it anymore."
"Not necessarily."
There was a strange look in the man's eyes and he took a sip of the lit cigar in his fingers pretentiously. "If he takes some capital from other industries, he can still fight for it this time."
"It's almost the same, this price is outrageous, if you continue to fight like this, both sides will suffer, and he will only lose more."
"After all he's young and has only taken over the organization for a couple of years, he probably wants to prove himself to the elders."
Austin glanced in his direction with a wry expression but he was still calm and lifted the card again,
" 27 million, Conant."
James picked up a glance of alcohol and downed it before shouting boisterously, "Bellevue, 30 million!"
Immediately his mocking and provocative eyes fell on his face, trying to catch a glimpse of anger.
His icy pupils like a cold-blooded animal looked even more gloomy due to the interlacing of lights and shadows, making it difficult to distinguish the emotions on his face at this moment.
He calmly handed the sign to Cate beside him, and ordered in a low voice: "Bid 40 million."
Cates's hands trembled and he almost dropped the sign in shock. This was way more than what the organization could pull at this time, His thin lips moved slightly as if he wanted to say something to stop him, but at the end under Selwynns biting stare, he retracted his gaze cowardly.
Even though he was on the verge of tears, Cate still handled things neatly, and took the sign, before the host shouted "Deal", he held up his placard and said loudly: " Arlington Group, 40 million!"
Cate was filled with the determination to die and his voice was even louder than the host wearing on stage. He perfectly shocked the audience with the outrageously high price of 40 million.
Austin's face was instantly ugly, although he covered It up, Selwynn who had been observing noticed it immediately. Gloom flashed across his gaze.
James looked at Selwynn with more scrutiny than anger but did not raise his card again, dropping out off the stage.
Austin also looked dignified, 40 million per section, which happened to be the highest price they could afford.
However although he could afford it, it still accurately stepped on the bottom line in his mind.
At this moment, he turned his head and looked in the direction of Selwynn.
Selwynn didn't have too much expression on his face, his slightly long hair cast a shadow and the wine bottle reflected a dark red glow onto his face, from Austin's perspective, he could only the harsh lines of his face.
Unlike the other participants here, he knew a little more about the things that happened in three last few days, the faction struggle within Arlington has reached its peak and Noah's faction had been in recent times throwing a few hints about cooperation to attack externally and internally.
He has not given a definite answer yet but in order to tempt him, some information has been given out every once in a while.
He couldn't say he knew Arlington from the inside and out but he knew the general situation. Factions, traitors, projects falling and many channels have signs of being closed off.
Selwynn has shown strong ruthlessness in the past year and many of the factions has disappeared but he couldn't be sure whether this Selwynn could go up against the old faction.